What happens to your ideas?
Your input is very valuable to us. That is why you can share your ideas for improving the Thinkwise Platform. (Last updated: november 2024)Tip 💡Don't just collect votes for your own ideas, but also vote for ideas you would like to see implemented from other users. This way, the best ideas emerge.What to take into account before submitting your idea? Check for similar ideas Submit one idea at a time Provide a detailed description How do we evaluate your idea? Assessing your idea Placing your idea on our backlog What statuses can your idea go through? Start statuses Pending statuses Active statuses End statuses What to take into account before submitting your idea?Check for similar ideasAlways check if someone has already submitted a similar idea. If so, you can support this idea by voting for it. You can also reply explaining your use case as an extra argument as to why it should be implemented.Submit one idea at a timeDo not submit multiple ideas to one topic. With only one idea at a time, it remains clear to other users what they are voting for. Submitting ideas is free, so don't hold back to submit multiple of them.Provide a detailed descriptionDescribe your idea in as much detail as possible. It makes it more likely that everyone will know what you mean and increases the chance that someone will vote for it. We will assess if it properly covers:Need: what could be improved? Use case: when and how often is this needed? Suggested solution: how would you like to see this implemented functionality-wise?How do we evaluate your idea?Assessing your ideaThe Thinkwise product development team strives to assess all new ideas once a week. When assessing your idea, there are a few criteria that we take into account:The extent to which it meets the aspects as mentioned above: there is no similar idea already present, it does not consist of multiple ideas, and it has a detailed description containing the required information; The extent to which it fits in our product strategy.Placing your idea on our backlogEven though the number of votes is an important factor, there are several criteria that we take into account before placing your idea on our backlog:The number of votes: not only the number of individual user votes, but also the number of unique company votes; The estimated value it returns to all our users; The strategic priorities for the product; The estimated complexity and duration of the implementation; The dependencies between our products.But my idea was first!The moment on which your idea is submitted is not a factor in our assessment and placement on our backlog. Sometimes, an older idea may fit well in one of the projects on our roadmap. And vice versa, even though it has been open for a while and would certainly be interesting to implement, it may be surpassed by other ideas based on our criteria.What statuses can your idea go through?We adjust the status of your idea to reflect our plans with it.Start statusesYour idea is not ready yet to be opened for voting. As long as your it has on of these statuses, we can't guarantee it will be implemented or provide an estimation.New - Your idea has been submitted but is not yet assessed. Under review - We need more time to review the feasibility and impact of your idea. Needs feedback - We need your feedback to better understand your idea.Pending statusesYour idea is pending further action.Open - Your idea passed our criteria and has been assessed. It is open for discussion and voting. The more votes it gets, the more likely it is to be implemented. On the backlog - Your idea passed our criteria and has been placed on our backlog. Implementation is not planned for the near future, but you should expect to see progress within 12 months after obtaining this status.Active statusesWe have concrete plans to implement your idea and should be able to provide an estimated moment of implementation.Planned - Your idea is planned for the near future. Keep an eye on it! Working on it! - We have started working on your idea. Next release - Your idea is implemented and will become available in the next version of the product. Partially completed - Your idea includes multiple products or phases and has been completed for at least one of these.End statusesYour idea has reached its latest status and is not considered active anymore.Completed - Your idea has been implemented and is available in the most recent version of the product. Closed - Your idea has already been implemented, an alternative solution is available, or it has not received enough votes. We will indicate the reason. Merged - Your idea complements or duplicates another one and is merged (including the votes!) into the other idea. Declined - We decided not to implement your idea. We will indicate the reason.
